Pendleton County, Where the teachers know every student by name, in the whole county. Where the highest point in West Virginia is somewhere you can drive to. Where the courthouse is the fourth one, because the third burned along with most of Main Street. Where nobody is quite certain what a baker's dozen is, and nobody has needed to be. Where 696 square miles are shared between about six thousand people. Where Fort Seybert is a place, a date, and a thing people still bring up. Where the Lutheran parish is five churches and one of them is here. Where an hour to a supermarket is not a complaint, just a fact. Where one of the campgrounds costs nothing and asks nothing of you either. Where you can hear a chainsaw three ridges away on a still morning. Where the trout farm will oblige if the creek will not. Where you can build a home and the only inspection you need is for the septic tank.